Record ID: NMS-8FC367
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Crumpled and perhaps incomplete piece of gold sheet. It appears roughly circular in shape, but has one original straight side with a slightly burred thickened edge. This edge was c. 23mm long but is now bent about halfway along, with one half irregularly folded back on itself. The disc has a straight, slightly raised repoussé band parallel to the straight side and probably at the object's widest point; the band is about 3.5mm wide. Between this band and the straight edge are four rounded repoussé bosses which look like deliberate decoration, and seem too regular to be c…
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holme Hale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-CBC05F
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of solid gold rod, possibly part of a torc of Iron Age date, about 350 - 50 BC, but not conclusively so. The object is likely to be over 300 years old. The fragment is a short length of solid gold rod, of oval cross-section, and slightly curved. One flat end appears complete.; it is smooth, but is angled across the rod and is slightly concave. The other end is cut half way through with a shap instrument such as a chisel, and then torn/broken across the thinnest point. The break is rough and shows some small air pockets within the rod, suggesting an imperfect casting. T…
Created on: Thursday 26th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-E89F0E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Report for H M Coroner on find of Potential Treasure from Frodesley, Shropshire (2019 T6) Iron Age Gold Finger Ring PAS Database number: WAW-E89F0E Date: Iron Age c.400 – 200 BC Discovery: whilst metal detecting. Description: A gold finger ring whose hoop is slender and circular in section. In plan it is a sub-lozenge with rounded corners as two sides have been bent towards each other forming a V-shape in profile. When on the finger the ring forms a zig-zag. Dimensions: 15.79mm across, 15.25mm wide, 11.71mm deep, the hoop is 1.05mm thick a…
Created on: Thursday 3rd January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frodesley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-775AA5
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A short section of a flat, rectangular-sectioned gold ingot, trapezoidal in plan. Shows clear evidence of having been chiselled at both of the narrow ends. This object bears some similarity to small flat ingots used in the Viking period, and often broken up for the purposes of trade. However, the form is undiagnostic, and it could also date to an earlier or later period.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-0E7EAB
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Iron Age Gold torc, dating c.150-50 BC. Description: The fragment represents a short section of an Iron Age gold alloy torc or bracelet comprising two wires, circular in cross-section, twisted together. The wires are facetted along their length, suggesting they were forged out from a square section rod before being hammered into a more circular cross-section. In some places, hammer marks and small striations are visible. Both ends show signs of having been chiselled, suggesting that the original object was deliberately broken up. The fragment itself is curved, with po…
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-6DFB33
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of discovery On 22nd October 2011 a single gold coin was discovered by metal detector users near Chawton in Hampshire. A further 104 gold coins were discovered on the same spot between 10th December 2011 and 7th January 2012. The coins were reported to Rob Webley, Hampshire FLO, and delivered to the British Museum on 8th March 2012. A silver plated denarius and a copper alloy arrowhead, both found in the vicinity of the coins, were also reported. Description All (105) of the gold coins are of Iron Age date and of types produced between about AD 10 and 45. The vast m…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chawton CP', grid reference and parish protected.